Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (Version 2)

by Alexander Wheelock Thayer

Biography & Autobiography

29 chapters19h 16mEnglish1921

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The first scholarly biography on the life of Ludwig Von Beethoven. Volume 1 - Summary by Realisticspeakers

Chapters (28)

1Chapter 1 Pt. 1 Fall of the Ecclesiastical-Civil States in Germany

1660

2Chapter 1 Pt. 2 The Electors of Cologne in the Eighteenth Century

1531

3Chapter 1 Pt. 3 The Electoral Courts and Their Music

1772

4Chapter 1 Pt. 4 Earliest Records of the Beethovens

1718

5Chapter 1 Pt. 5 Musical Culture in Bonn at the Time of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Birth

1814

6Chapter 2 Beethoven’s Ancestors in Belgium

1911

7Chapter 3 Birth of Ludwig van Beethoven

2463

8Chapter 4 Early Employment of His Talent and Skill

1611

9Chapter 5 Musical Culture in the Austrian Imperial Family

1487

10Chapter 6 A Period of Artistic Inactivity in Bonn

2074

11Chapter 7 Beethoven Brought Under Refining Influences

1183

12Chapter 8 Beethoven’s Associates in the Court Orchestra

985

13Chapter 9 The Last Three Years of Beethoven’s Life in Bonn

2893

14Chapter 10 Beethoven’s Creative Activity in Bonn

2812

15Chapter 11 Beethoven in Vienna

3027

16Chapter 12 Music in Vienna at the Time of Beethoven’s Arrival There

2036

17Chapter 13 Beethoven in Society

3041

18Chapter 14 The Years 1796 and 1797

4243

19Chapter 15 Compositions of 1798 and 1799

3212

20Chapter 16 Beethoven’s Social Life in Vienna

2905

21Chapter 17 Beethoven’s Character and Personality

3529

22Chapter 18 His First Concert on His Own Account

2766

23Chapter 19 The Year 1801

2892

24Chapter 20 Important Letters of 1801

3814

25Chapter 21 Beethoven’s Love-Affairs

3551

26Chapter 21 Postscript

2138

27Chapter 22 Pt. 1 The Year 1802

2080

28Chapter 22 Pt. 2 A Defence of Brothers Johann and Karl Kaspar

2057

Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (Version 2)

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